By Brittany Riley
Spotlight: Welcome to Winter
Winter starts on Sunday, and there’s no better time to dive into some cosy reads! Visit our cooking section for belly-warming recipes, our travel section to dream of warmer temperatures, or our romance section for a different kind of heat…
In other news, National Donut Day is June 6. Be sure to partake in the rounded, sugary goodness. I know I will be!
Spotlight: Programmes for children
If your children need something to do after school, bring them to the Library. There’s a wide selection of books to choose from with free membership, and they’ll even receive a library bag when joining.
Bookends Literacy Assist is held between 3-5pm every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, with Junior Brain Games every first and third Wednesday, and Make It! occupying the remaining Wednesday afternoons at 3.30pm. There’s always something on offer!
Spotlight: New books
Hedgewitch (YAF MCK) by Skye McKenna is new to young adult fiction.
Cassie Morgan flees her dreary boarding school to find her mother, but the outside world is full of hidden magic and missing children. With a talking cat and a flying broom, Cassie escapes to the enchanted village of Hedgely to begin training with the Hedgewitch. But can she find her mother and the lost faery treasures before the wicked Erl King gets his hands on them?
Australia’s Karina May has penned That Island Feeling (AFR MAY).
A week on Pearl Island is exactly what perpetual planner Andie Alcott needs. Except instead of sipping pina coladas by the beach, she’s busy throwing her freshly divorced bestie, Taylor, a girls’ trip to remember. On the island, Jack Cooper doesn’t want the headache of managing tourist bookings. But since he’s to blame for the island’s dwindling supply of holidaymakers, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep them happy – in particular, a beautiful visitor named Andie . . .
New to adult fiction is An Ethical Guide to Murder (AF MOR) by Jenny Morris.
Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit. But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought…
Jane Austen said, “If a book is well-written, I always find it too short,” but luckily, we have thousands of titles to keep you occupied. Find us at 291 Conadilly Street!
New book titles now available at Gunnedah Shire Library.
